So this week (07-11th July 2014), the office got much busier, with the arrival of some faces in the office! It is great having more people around – having lunch together, and getting to chat about our work.

Here’s a little more about the newest interns:

Andy Lamb

Name: Andy LambStudying: Physics (2nd year undergraduate), Imperial College London

How did you find out about us?
The UK student space society, UKSEDS publishes a magazine (Ecliptic) giving an insight into what’s going on in the space industry and had OeWF’s projects featured in it.

What will you be working on?
I will be working with the Aouda.X suit team on improvements to the life support system, and also participating in the beta testing programme for an in-field display system. I will also be involved in outreach work, letting children in the region try on a mockup of our spacesuit!

What else have you been doing during your time in Innsbruck?
Taking the cable car up the mountains around Innsbruck. Next time I’ll actually use my legs to get up there!

How did you get involved with OeWF?
Gernot Grömer from the Austrian Space Forum gave a presentation about Austria and manned missions to Mars. Manned Mars missions were THE topic for my master thesis I was looking for!

What will you be working on?
I will be working on a biomedical data simulation for future field missions. This will be achieved by a simulation tool called V-Hab from my university and telemetry data from previous missions, as the Delta Experiment during MARS2013 in Marocco.

Highlight of living in Innsbruck?
The mountains, close aircraft approach, and very nice colleagues!

How did you get involved with OeWF?
About 4 years ago I met Sebastian Sams at University in Innsbruck, telling me about a planetology course taking place. That’s how I met Gernot, eager to get someone new to work on the AOUDA spacesuit. Ever since I spend a lot of time with all the mechanical and outreach tasks involved.

What will you be working on?
My focus will be the redesign of the PLSS (Personal Life Support System). Also I’ll do some 3D-drawing, outreach-activities (building water-rockets etc) and working with the team behind the EddyNG (External Data Display – Monitoring and Control).